Vatan travel guide
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Visit Vatan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vatan is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 31 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Vatan is 202 km from Paris and 431 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Valencay at 21 km from Vatan
Popular places to visit near Vatan: these include Chateau de Valencay at 21 km and Valencay at 21 km.
Bouges-le-Chateau Castle is a listed 'national monument' at 11km and Jardin du château de Bouges is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vatan: Listed as a village d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vatan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vatan
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vatan.
Note that all distances from Vatan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vatan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vatan (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Indre gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Vatan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Bouges (11km) : Les Prés Fichaux (44km) :
- National Monuments: Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (11km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (44km) : Bourges Cathedral (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montresor (47km) :
- Religious monuments: St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (27km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Issoudun (20km) : Veuil (22km) : Chateauroux (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Valencay (21km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Vatan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vatan
Canton: Vatan
Arrondissement: Issoudun
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36150
Distance to Vatan
from Chateauroux: 31 km
from Paris: 202 km
from Calais: 431 km
from Nice: 567 km
from Bordeaux: 310 km
from Strasbourg: 474 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vatan): Fontenay, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian, Liniez, Meunet-sur-Vatan, Reboursin and Saint-Florentin.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Vatan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vatan